Cycle-saddle.



No. 823,915. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

J. B. BROOKS & J. HOLT.

CYCLE SADDLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. 1905.

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CYCLE SADDLE. APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 6. 1905.

WITN ES 5 ES unnnn STATES PATENT omen. JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS, OFBlRMiNGHAM, AND JOHN HOLTQOF ASTON,

ENGLAND.

,CYCLE-SADDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1906.

Application filed November 6, 1905. Serial No. 286,162;

residing at 97 Frederick road, Aston, near Birmingham, England, subjectsof the King of Great Britain, have invented certain new and. useful 1mrovements in Cycle-Saddles, of which thefo lowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to cycle-saddles,- and has for its object toprovide the under side of the after part of the seat-leather withsupplementary seat-sustaining devices which are supported or upheld frombelow by means of a system of springs and to enable the seat-.

leather to be stretched to a moderate degree of tension only, and sopreserve its softness and comfort without detriment to the efiiciency ofthe saddle in supporting, a riders weight.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents an under side plan of acycle-saddle constructed and arranged in accordance with the'saidinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken through one of thespringsustained seat-supporting devices. Fig. 3 is a-transverse verticalsection, taken upon the dotted line a Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is anothersectional view showing more clearly the form and arrangement of theseat-sustaining spring employed in this particular construction ofsaddle. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a v portion of a saddle,illustrating the sustainingsprings in the form of pillar-coils attachedto the underframe. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a saddle, showing thesustaining-springs in the form of pillar-coils sup orted by longitudinalseat-stretcher mem ers. Fig. -7- is a sectional view of a saddle,showing sustaining-springs in the form of pillar-coils carried by a sring-supporting bracket attached to' the sa dle-clip. Fig. 8 is asectional view of a saddle, showing the sustaining-springs in the formof levering-arms with their outer ends fixed to the cantle-plate of theseat.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

a is the seat-leather of the saddle, which is carried, as usual, betweena cantle-plate a, and a peak-plate a, su orted by the underframing b,but prefera ly the said leather is left in a moderately-tensioned, andtherefore Soft, condition.

c d are seat-supporting pads which are made from triangular pieces offelt or other suitable material secured (by stitchin or otherwise) tobases orfoundationsof leat er.

These pads are sustained or upheld and maintained in effectivesupporting contact with the under side of the rear portion of theseatleather by means of a system of springs which are independent of theunderframingsprings or are carried by some relatively sta tionary partof the saddle, and in the particular arrangement represented in thedrawings these springs takethe form of levering-arms e, which areevolve'd'from or constitute inward or forwardly-returned continuationsof the rear ends of the upper members I) of the underframing and havetheir resilience in creased by the provision of spring loop-coils e attheir junctions with the said framing members, although it isto beunderstood that the sustaining-springs may take the form of pillar-coilsp, which are shown by Fig. 5 attached to the underframing, supported bythe longitudinal seat-stretcher members in Fig. 6, or may be carried bya spring-supporting bracket p, as illustrated by Fig, 7, the saidbracket being secured to the saddle-clip. In Fig. Sthe springs are shownin the form of levering-arms 19 which are fixed at their outer ends tothe cantle-plate of the seat.

Preferably "the connection between the ends of the springs and the padsis made through the medium of auxiliary frames or fittings f, eachhaving a triple series of arms sustained thereby are not affected bycontact with the supporting devices. In addition to providing for thepoint suspension of the pads the said auxiliary or intermediate fittingsalso serve as stretcher brackets or spreaders which keep the foundationsof the pads properly distended in the desired planes when the saddle isbeing ridden and also distribute the efiort of the springs over anextended area in transmitting the same through the pads to the seat.

The arms of the suspension-fittings may either be rigid or flexible, andwhen the padfoundations are supported by the springs alone and areindependent of the other parts of the saddle then the said arms orbranches are made rigid and are secured thereto at the suspension-pointsby riveting, as shown in the drawings or otherwise.

Having fully described our invention, what we desire to claim and secureby Letters Patent is 1. In a cycle-saddle, the combination with a seathaving underframing-springs, of supporting devices arranged underneaththe rear portion of the seat, and spring means engaging the saidsupporting devices and independent of the underframing-springs, the saidspring means being carried by a relatively stationary part of thesaddle.

2. In a cycle-saddle, the combination with a seat having a yieldingunderframing, of supporting devices arranged underneath the rear portionof the seat, and levering-arm springs connected to and upholding andsustaining the said supporting devices, the levering-arm springs beingdistinct from the yielding underframing.

3. In a cycle-saddle, the combination with of supporting devicesarranged underneath the rear portion of the seat, and levering-armsprings continuing from the members of the underframing and connected toand sustaining and upholding the said supporting devices.

4. In acycle-saddle, the combination with a seat and a yieldingunderfraniing, oi branched fittings disposed under the rear portion ofthe seat and provided with spring sup porting means, and pads arrangedbetween the seat and the fittings and held by the latter inpoint-sustained condition.

5. In a cycle-saddle, the combination with a seat and a yieldingumlerfraniing" of rigid fittings having radiating arms or branches andprovided with spring supporting means, and pads arranged between theseat and the fittings and connected in point suspension to the arms ofthe latter, the fittings with their radiating arms serving asspreader-brackets or stretchers for the said pads.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

a seat and a yielding underlramin JOHN BOULIBEE BROOKS. JOHN HOUI.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR SADLEB, IDA B. 80mm.

